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Author:

Markham, Beryl.

Title:

West with the night / Beryl Markham.

Publisher:

North Point Press

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xv, 293 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Markham, Beryl.
Women air pilots--Africa--Biography.
Women air pilots--Great Britain--Biography.
Women air pilots--Biography.
Africa, East--Description and travel.

Notes:

"With a new introduction by Sara Wheeler"--P. [1] of cover. "Originally published in 1942 by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. Published in 1983 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Ths paperback edition, 2013"--T.p. verso.

Contents:

Message from Nungwe -- Men with blackwater die -- Stamp of wilderness -- Why do we fly? -- He was a good lion -- Still is the land -- Praise God for the blood of the bull -- And we be playmates, thou and I -- Royal exile -- Was there a horse with wings? -- My trail is north -- Hodi! -- Na Kupa Hati M'Zuri -- Errands of the wind -- Birth of a life -- Ivory and Sansevieria -- I may have to shoot him -- Captives of the rivers -- What of the hunting, hunter bold? -- Kwaheri means farewell -- Search for a Libyan fort -- Benghazi by candlelight -- West with the night -- Sea will take small pride.

Summary:

West with the Night is the story of Beryl Markham--aviator, racehorse trainer, beauty--and her life in the Kenya of the 1920s and '30s.

ISBN:

0865477639 (pbk.)
9780865477636 (pbk.)

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

JLPF081 -- Ericson Public Library (Boone)

OOAX232 -- Clinton Community College Library (Clinton)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville)

SEPC074 -- Hawkins Memorial Library (La Porte City)

S3PA501 -- Lynnville Public Library (Lynnville)

FWPE284 -- Manchester Public Library (Manchester)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

AYPB546 -- Richland Public Library (Richland)

CIPB482 -- Victor Public Library (Victor)